Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover is ready with electric vehicles (EV) in its global portfolio but bringing them to India will depend on the EV policy, according to JLR’s head of operations here.
The company would also wait for wider availability of BS-VI fuel in India before rushing to introduce vehicles complying with stricter emission norms, said JLR India president and managing director Rohit Suri.
“As far as the company is concerned, we have the product available with us. The question will be when would we bring them to India? That, we will have to watch how the ecosystem in India develops itself, which should be dependent on what kind of policy the government actually brings into play,” Mr. Suri said.
He further said: “The EV policy is still not out. So we are waiting for that, what’s there in the policy. Depending on that, we will have to formulate our strategy.”
India is eyeing 100% EVs for public transport and 40% personal vehicles by 2030.
“There are a slew of products already being prepared, many many more are going to be coming up. First unveiling [of EV] is going to happen in Geneva [Motor Show] this year with the Jaguar iPace,” Mr. Suri said.
